Located in the southeastern part of Slovakia, near the Hungarian border, Krásna Horka Castle was built above the village of Krasnohorske Podhradie.
The castle was built before 1320 on cone-shaped hill, at a height of 490 m above sea level. The reason of construction of medieval defending castle Krasna Horka was to ensure a safe passage of the traders from Transylvania to the towns of the Spiš region.
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Located in the central part of Slovakia, near the upper Nitra River in the central part of Slovakia, Bojnice Castle has the largest number of visitors among Slovak castles.
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One of the most picturesque castles in Slovakia is the Devin castle (Hungarian: Dévény, German: Burg Theben). The close proximity to Bratislava makes the castle one of the most popular destination for foreign visitors. The castle is situated on the hillock above the confluence of the rivers Danube and Morava. That site was continually settled from the New Iron Age till the 19th century.
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